Rivers

A large river

• A river represents God’s love flowing from Him to us and back to Him.

• The rain is like God’s mercy, and the sea represents God, and the river is where the love flows to us.
• Large rivers represent the Manifestations.
• Small rivers represent priests or learned Bahá’ís.
• Tiny streams represent people.
• Canals represent very strong people with no love.
• The creatures in rivers represent all the people the being who the river represents knows.
• The plants represent the spiritual life of that being.
• People crossing the river represent people in higher worlds spiritually crossing the path of that being.
• The banks of the river represent the being’s relationship with God.
• Obstacles and pollution represent the tests and difficulties of that being.
• Reflections on the river represent the being reflecting the other worlds.